The Lion Has Wings (1940)
- Starring:
- Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alexander Korda, Brian Desmond, (more)
Synopsis of The Lion Has Wings
The semidocumentary war film The Lion Has Wings states its case in broad strokes, juxtaposing images of rampaging German-dictator Adolf Hitler and appeasing British prime minister Neville Chamberlain with stock shots of bleating sheep. The film then depicts Great Britain as a great lion, willing and able to sprout "wings" in the form of waves of planes to hurl back the Luftwaffe. The dramatic portion of the film, lensed in ten days to assure timeliness (and, incidentally, a low budget) features an all-star British cast reflecting their native country's many reactions to the inevitability of war. All the on-camera talent involved (including Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson and June Duprez) donated their salaries to the war effort. Produced by Alexander Korda (who also directed a few bridging sequences, sans credit), The Lion Has Wings was distributed in the US by United Artists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Lion Has Wings
- Merle Oberon - Mrs. Richardson
- June Duprez - June
- Robert Douglas - Briefing officer
- Derrick de Marney - Bill
- John Longden - Unnamed character
- G.H. Mulcaster - Controller
- Robert Rendel - Chief of Air Staff
- Ronald Shiner
- Frank Tickle - Unnamed character
- Brian Worth - Bobby
- E.V.H. Emmett - Narrator-English Version
- Ian Fleming - Unnamed character
- Milton Rosmer - Head of Observer Corps
- Archibald Batty - Air Officer
- Charles Carson - Unnamed character
- Ralph Richardson - Wing Cmdr. Richardson
- Flora Robson - Unnamed character
- Anthony Bushell - Pilot
- Herbert Lomas - Holveg
- Bernard Miles - Observer Controller
- John Penrose - Unnamed character
- John Robinson - Unnamed character
- Torin Thatcher - Unnamed character
- Austin Trevor - Schulemburg
- Lowell Thomas - Narrator-US Version
- Carl Jaffe - Unnamed character
- Miles Malleson
- Ronald Adam - Bomber Chief
- Ivan Brandt - Officer
- Gerald Case - Unnamed character
- Director(s):
- Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Michael Powell
- Writer(s):
- E.V.H. Emmett, Adrian Brunel
- Producer(s):
- Alexander Korda
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